Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by mileysubet
Most individuals will vote with their religious views in mind and in fact do so faithfully.
Does the constitution require that all citizens vote without religious prejudice?
Who the hell are you to tell me how to cast my vote? Seriously!
We ALL go to the ballot box and vote the way we want.
Just because the vote came in "one way or another" does not mean is constitutional...
The constitution was designed to protect HUMANS as a group not humans as a religious sect, in fact that is exactly why it was developed in part.
At any point when the people are called upon to inhibit (or not) the rights of others by way of voting the constitution becomes a useless document.
Yep So
Whats all the fuss about?
Originally posted by Radiobuzz
I'm not from the US and I think this is insane. Not only for denying the LGTB community of their basic rights but also because now 'marriage' is the only legal domestic union valid on NC, and hence everyone, including straight people, will be affected by this.
I'm sorry if it offends any US citizen but it seems to me that it's a huge distortion of democracy when a majority choses if a minority will have basic rights or not. Democracy should actually protect any minority because the sum of all minorities is what makes a population, so it's a huge hit to the system when any group get its liberties taken away. It's a sadden news and I don't think you have to be gay to understand how bad this is.
www.nytimes.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
Okay my fellow NC residents, can we get down to business. Now that you have declared you want to define what others can do by the word of the Old Testament, we have some laws to write. Let us not be hypocritical and discriminate solely because of who a person decides to share their bed with.
Here is a whole list of new laws we need to pass ASAP!
The eating of fat is prohibited forever. (Lev 3:17)
You cannot round the corners of your beard or the hair on your temples. (Lev 19:27)
Witches should be killed. (Ex 22:18)
Anyone working on the Sabbath is to be killed. (Ex 35:2)
Anyone that touches a dead pig must be killed. (Lev 11:7,8)
If a couple has sex during the woman's period, the two are to be cut off from their people. (Lev 20:18)
(Maybe we should just kill them. That seems to be the running theme.)
If a woman grabs a man's privates during a fight, her hand is to be cut off. (Duet 25:11,12)
False prophets are to be killed by their own parents. (Zech 13:3)
Parents are to stone their stubborn children. (Duet 21:18-21)
Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death. (EX. 21:15)
Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. (EX. 21:17)
All paintings, statues, and pictures must be destroyed. Anyone caught making them shall be punished and so shall there children. (EX 20:4)
Slavery of Hebrews must be reinstated. A Hebrew may be kept as a slave for seven years. (Ex 21)
Seriously people, if you voted for Amendment One because, "it says so in the bible" you also endorsed everything I listed. It is all in the bible as the law. Everything from Exodus 21 was commanded as the laws after the Ten Commandments were given. The part about no paintings, sculptures, or likeness of anything in the heavens, earth or beneath it, that is actually in the Ten Commandments. It is separate from the do not worship these things part. (Grammar is a bitch that way.) So, how far do we really want to take this? I just hope you all sleep peacefully knowing you voted to discriminate against thousands of your fellow citizens. I hope you can reconcile that with Romans 13:9.
“For this, “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” “Thou shalt not kill,” “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not bear false witness,” “Thou shalt not covet,” and if there be any other commandment, all are briefly comprehended in this saying, namely: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
I explained it in my post. I don't understand why no one debated me on my big post a few pages back.
When one group has rights then the rest of the people get that same right. The law should apply equally to all.
Seabag:
Would blacks not being able to marry whites be considered unconstitutional? Answer that please.
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by neo96
Yep So
Whats all the fuss about?
No fussing here!
Smoke up!
It’s none of my business.
Have a civil union with any gay guy you’d like while you’re at it!
Maybe you two fellas can harbor a couple of illegals in your basement too!
edit on 9-5-2012 by seabag because: (no reason given)
Wow showing your "true self" to us all tonight.
Congrats on showing us all what a bigot you really are Seabag.
I will engage in no further conversations with you
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
What?
I don't have a right to smoke? I cannot choose what I put into my own body?
It's amazing how tyrannical you sound. Did you notice that too yet?
